Biography
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
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Filmography
all 29
Movies 24
TV Shows 5
Director 1
Art Direction
Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024)
Movie
Painter
Weathering with You (2019)
Movie
8.13
Background Designer
Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
Movie
Background Designer
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Movie
Director
Miyori's Forest (2009)
Movie
Art Direction
The River's Light (2009)
Movie
Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Movie
5.89
Art Direction
Fantastic Children (2004)
TV
Background Designer
Spirited Away (2001)
Movie
8.84
Background Designer
Perfect Blue (1998)
Movie
6
Art Direction
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Movie
7
Background Designer
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Movie
5.78
Art Direction
Open the Door (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
Coo of The Far Seas (1993)
Movie
Background Designer
Only Yesterday (1991)
Movie
5.08
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Movie
Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Movie
5.85
Art Direction
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
Movie
Background Designer
Robot Carnival (1987)
TV
Background Designer / Art Designer
Robot Carnival (1987)
Movie
Art Direction
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Movie
5
Art Direction
Sherlock Hound (1984)
TV
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 (1984)
Movie
Background Designer
Drifting Clouds (1982)
Movie
Art Direction
Chie the Brat (1981)
Movie
Background Designer
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Movie
5.35
Art Direction
Future Boy Conan (1978)
TV
10
Art Designer
Lupin the Third (1971)
TV
Ratings
Average 7.26
Based on 2.21 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1971
1987
1995
1993
2024
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Information
Known ForArt
GenderMale
Birthday1953-06-27
Deathday2023-08-19 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceFukue, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsЯмамото Нидзо, 山本二三, Nizô Yamamoto, Nizo Yamamoto
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